Beverly Hills 90210's Luke Perry reveals cancer scare

The 50-year-old actor, who starred in the original Beverly Hills 90210 series, discovered the growths when he went for a colonoscopy in 2015.

"Right now, there are 23 million Americans who haven't been screened who need to be screened," Perry told Fox News.

"If I had waited, it could have been a whole different scenario."

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Perry was teaming up with Fight Colorectal Cancer's "One Million Strong" campaign, which encourages people to get screened for the disease, at the time of his diagnosis.

The actor - who plays Archie's dad Fred Andrews in the Netflix series - first got involved with Fight Colorectal Cancer after losing a friend to the disease, but was shocked to discover that his test revealed precancerous growths, which he has since had removed.

The news comes as Perry's Beverly Hills 90210 co-star Shannen Doherty announces the end of her cancer treatment.

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The actress was diagnosed with breast cancer back in 2015 and has been documenting her journey via her Instagram profile.